Word: afros
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...preliminary determination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found "reasonable cause' to believe that the University discriminated against Ephraim Isaac, former associate professor of Afro-American Studies, on the basis of his race (black) and national origin (Ethiopian) by denying him tenure in 1975. The Crimson recently obtained a copy of the finding, handed down in February...
Rosovsky said last week the usual criteria was used in judging Isaac's candidacy: "scholarship, teaching, and the needs of the Afro-American Studies Department in the long...
There are many issues associated with Afro-American Studies at Harvard but black and Jewish relations is not one of them. Cedric Vessell's letter (Harvard Crimson, September 27) about Dean Rosovsky's speech at the Hillel convocation seeks to draw a connection between Rosovsky's positive assessment of the Jewish presence at Harvard, his support of Jewish studies, and what is seen as a weak Afro-American Studies Department. Vessell also implies that to be against racial quotas in admissions is to be opposed to increased black enrollment at Harvard, which, of course, is an oversimplification. But most disturbing...
Freeman said he would be "ecstatic" if the committee appoints three of four tenured faculty members by next year. But four prospective faculty turned down offers to join Afro-Am because of what Ferguson called Cambridge's poor reputation in terms of race relations...
...Harvard fails to substantially strenghthen Afro-Am, Ferguson claims other universities will question the viability of their Afro-Am departments. The department's committee, concentrators and faculty, therefore are "determining the direction of Afro-American Studies in America," he added...